Nancy Pelosi must get 218 votes to return as Speaker of the House. That means she can only afford to lose 16 votes. A group of Democrats has signed a letter opposing Pelosi’s return. That letter has 16 signatures.
That means it will take only one more vote to block her path. Not all members of the House have said whether they are for or against Pelosi. It was under her leadership that shut out moderate Democrats from participating in the writing of bills or even debating them. Of the 34 moderates in the House, almost every one of them lost in 2010 and led the way to a takeover by the Republicans.
Some think it’s time for somebody new.
While those who signed the opposition letter are confident they don’t want Pelosi serving as speaker, neither they nor other House Democrats have provided a concrete alternative.
Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, who is one of the leaders of the opposition charge, said at a Monday town hall in his district that they haven’t brought forward an alternative to Pelosi just yet because he felt it was better to see if he and those who oppose Pelosi have enough votes to block her before coming forward with another option.
Now that McAdams is officially a representative-elect and they tentatively have the votes, it’s unclear whether another option for speaker will be presented soon
Ohio Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge had been floating a possible bid to the speakership, but announced Tuesday that she does not plan to contest Pelosi’s run and endorsed Pelosi for the position.
Between now and 2020, the Republicans must do two things if they want to have any chance of winning. They must dismantle the Democratic vote manufacturing machine and regulate social media in order to prevent conservative censorship we witnessed in 2018. If they don’t their chances are nil.